'Wonder Woman': Her Other D.C. Universe Includes Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin as Producer

Wonder Woman‘s creator was steeped in progressive politics, but she owes her Hollywood triumph, in part, to a member of Donald Trump’s administration. If you watch Wonder Woman‘s credits, you’ll see the name Steve Mnuchin as an executive producer; he also happens to be U.S. Secretary of the Treasury. How is it that the man in charge of reforming the tax code is also behind one of the year’s biggest blockbusters?

Mnuchin isn’t the only member of Trump’s cabinet to have a hand in the entertainment business. White House Chief Strategist Steve Bannon has produced and directed several films (mostly right-wing political documentaries), and reportedly made millions from a stake in Seinfeld. And of course, when he entered politics, Trump had to stop hosting Celebrity Apprentice… though he clearly was watching the new host, Arnold Schwarzenegger, one high-profile recipient of the president’s Twitter scorn.

And while the Trump administration has faced huge protests from women, the star of the movie Treasury Secretary Mnuchin produced has been quick to identify her character as a feminist. Speaking with Entertainment Weekly, Gal Gadot said, ““Wonder Woman is a feminist, of course. I think people have a misconception about what feminism is. People think hairy armpits and women who burn bras and hate men. That’s not it. For me, feminism is all about equality and freedom and [women] choosing what we want to do. If it’s salaries, then we get paid equal to men. It’s not men vs. women or women vs. men.”